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Color Mixing Secondaries - ORANGE GREEN PURPLE
Recently I posted a blog about tertiary colors. This time I am experimenting with secondary colors. It is a little tedious, but worth it do this kind of practice every once in awhile. It helps you see another level of color this way. I always learn something by trying a new combination of colors.
First do a grid using orange, green and purple and do a value scale with each color by adding white.
Then mix each secondary with the other two. You will see some new colors to use. I think you can get stuck in a rut by using the same colors.
My palette, with three secondaries in the middle to start out with, pre-mixing of tints, then mixing of various intensities.
COLOR HARMONY
The most important result is how harmonious your paintings will be by restricting yourself to a limited number of colors. On my palette I used only secondary colors for the painting shown here. I organize my palette before starting. I showed more examples of this on an older blog about primary colors.
Photo used for painting:
Painting (study) done using only secondary colors. Purple in the sky, green with orange for greenery, low intensity orange (purple added) for building, touched or orange for the path into the painting.
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